THE DELUGE AND OTHER POEMS BY JOHN PRESLAND AUTHOR OF "MANIN AND THE DEFENCE OF VENICE" "MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS," ETC. LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1911 All rights reserved CONTENTS The Deluge Sonnets— To J. F. W. To Andrew Chatto November To a Robin in December A January Morning February To April—I To April—II To Daniel Manin To the Leaders of both Parties Consolation Tapestry Wisdom and Youth A Villa on the Bay of Naples A Song The Ballad of a Sea-Nymph Chrysanthemums A Courtly Madrigal In Arcadia A Ballad of King Richard In the Valley of the Shadow THE DELUGE "The Sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair."—Genesis vi. 2.